Door-locking means.



P. SGHMIDGALL.

DOOR LOCKING MEANS.

APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 9, 1911.

1,024,603. Patented Apr. 30, 1912.

VIII/[Mill FREDERICK SCHHIDGALL, Oi CINCINNATI, OHIO.

DOOBrLOGKIR'G- nan S.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 30, 12312.

Application filed June 9, 1911. Serial H0. 632,123.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Fnnnmucn Scrum)- CALL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cincinnati, Hamilton county,

State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in DoonLocking Means; and I do declare the following to be a clear, full, and exact description of the invention, attention called i0 the drawing, which accompanles this application and forms a part thereof.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in door-locking means, particularly intended for use on doors for re' frigeratozs and cooling rooms. Doors of this kind are usually provided with beveled edges which are fitted to seal: against a correspondingly shaped jamb, the object being to obtain a closure as near air-fight as is possible. To seat such a door properly, requires a certain amount of pressure and it also requires a certain effort to releasesuch a door when closely fitted from its seat for the purpose of opening it.

My invention consists of a construction wheneby in addition to the mere locking device, manipulating means are provided which permit the door to be tightly forced into closing position and whereby it may also be quickly released for opening.

In the following specification and particularly pointed out in the claims at the end thereof will be found a full description of my invention, together with its operation. parts and construction, which latter is also illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure I. shows a innit-view of a door whirl: may be the door of a calling room, sealed and hold in closed [)(blllflll by [he means provided by nu lint-"lion.

. mg means and as they appear in Fig. l, the

of the door only being shown. Fig. 3, 1s a a vertical sec-lion on line 8 -8 of Fig. 5 and ilhislnilcs means for door.

In the drawing 10 Indicates a door of positively locking the l a '2, i l'fllfill sa'lion of this door. Fig. 3, 5 is an enlarged horizontal section of the 0105- the kind here in view secured by hings 11 and fitted with its beveled edge 12 against a complementary jamb 13.

A is a keeper secured adjacent to the free edge of the door and B is a latch 0 tin inconjunction therewith. This late is ivotallv mounted in a housing C attach to the door opposite the keeper. It is maniculated by an angle-lever D, also mount in housing C by means of a pivot 14. At one of its ends it carries a pin 15, which occupies a slot 16 in the latch-and atits other end is a handle 17 for manipulation. That art of thelateh which projects beyond the musing is shaped to form two fingers 18 and 19 which co-aet with the keeper, one for chsing and one for opening of the door. If handle 17 is moved as shown in Fi 3, finger 18 bears against the inner side 0 the keeper and latch B becomes a lever and b means of its pivot and through housing re-acts against the door and forces the same hlpme to It; mt. filnfgethe handle is movedthns s ownin i .4, rIQbearsagainst e outer side 0? the keeper and by analogous re-action of the latch on the door pulls the same from its seat. In either case handle 17 may be used in the further manipulation of the door, that is to open itto the full extent required or to move it the other way. In order to hold the handle rigid on the door during (his time there is a locking pin 21 carried on an arm :22 and pivotally supported in an extension 0 of the housing and which pin drops into a socket 23 properly lo ated on the latch when the latter movs into the xsition shown in Fig. 4. The latch is thereby held immovable so that. finger 19 remains in a position in which it may again readily ro-act with the keeper when the door is being closed. This pin may drop into position by more action of gravity, or a spring may be added adapted to act upon arm '13 to urrvh-raie the action if found necessary. This aforesaid umction requirm a release of the lah-h from this lockin -pin, so that the former may resp nd to manlpu lalion of handle iii For such purpose the end of a rm 2'2 caused [0 pass over the inclined snrfure of a stationary can! ll which for mnn'cnienvc sake is provided at the upper end of-lhe hee x-r Fig. 6.) Manipulation from the other side of the door is made possible by means of a supplementary handle .25, connected to lover I) which it reaches through an openin 3G in the door.

" i firor and if the lock is operated to open the The action i); latch B with referlence to thedoor ort purposeo properyseaing the same depends on the position of the keeper and to guard against variations and particularly changes due to shrinkage of wood, the position of the kee is made adjustable. For such purpose it; is slidahly fitted into a housing 27 which is flanged for attachment adjacent to the door. A screw 28 is provided in longitudinally fixed position within this housing upon which the keeper is sated. The outer end of this screw is accessible for manipulation by an implelnent,'so that the keeper may be correctly positioned for proper co-action with t e latch.

Ptmibility of simultaneous used several locks is shown in Fig. 7 in which. pivot; 14 isextendedtoasumetheformofarod upon which all angle-levers are mounted, so that. when one lock is manipulated by means ofitshandlealllocksaet. Onelodronly needsto have a handle 17, the outer'part of the angle-levels omitted in the other locks. Or all locks may be without handles and a general handle 29 may he provided to operate the pivot-rod.

Inasmuch as beveled surfaces involving the useofasillareinapplimhleatthelower edge of the door for where heavy loads carhi 3 :1 doors,amova wea '-1is' quentl gv provided on the lam edge of the door wrhieh is supported to have'a limited vertial'movement to and from and mechanism is provided to causethia weather-strip to more and in contact with the floor when door closes, andto move away therefrom when the door opens. My lockmayhe readily used'insudi eonneelitmanrflifthisistohedoae rack-s32 are vided or such purpose on saifstrip snpddftml for vertical movement in; bearings 33. Gear is 34 are engaged in the-2e racks aml mouiited 355, #1 potted in hearulg' S 3'; a gear 3 also" mounted on this shaft and in III-5|} with another hewl-gearfls which is mounted on the downwardly extruded pivot l4 of the lock. Inasmuch as this pivot. 14 and the angular lever are rigidly attached to eat-h other it fallen; that. manipulht ion of handle l? for the purpose of operating the lock,

d n-rates alsi at. the slme time the movable weather-strip. If the lock is manipulated to cltse the door, strip 31 more; against the;

door it I'IIOVIS upwardly and away from lhc floor. The door is positively locked in its rhea-d 2 pu'sitiouhy lmy-cm lndled mam-- arrangml to he rapaldeof latch B in a 'manher which prewnts it. from being united to clear the keeper. "This is done by a loclt- =9 seated in a'fixed positionfwith n-rl erence to the latch, which latter is provided with a socket 41, so located as to be below of this screw has a particular formation requiring a key fitted to it for manipulation. This screw may beseated in the housing or as shown, it being carried in pin 21. Its end is accssible through an opening 42 provided in the extended housing 0.

Having described iny invention, 1'' claim as new 1. In door-locking means, the combination of a keeper attached adjacent to a door, a latch provided on one eud pvith two fingers and with a slot at its other end, a: housing in which it is pivotally mounted and whereby it is attached to said door, an lever also pivotally mounted in said housing and provided at one end with a pin which occuplestheslotinthelatchandatitsotha.

end sha to form a handle for mani tion whereby when said angle vais moved on its pivotal connection the latch mag-e hef lhcgllfilltgi'stttlhm-lct by means of eit r o t ereon with the keeper to either seat; or unseat the door.

2. In door locking means, the combination of a keeper attached adjacent. to a door, a latch provided with a socket adapted to co-act therewith to either seator unseat the (10013! attached to said door in which this latch is pivotally mpported, a handle also mounted crate the latch, a locking-pain adapted to drop into the socket on the tch mentioned after the samehas been moved to for |||Lseating the door tohold the same in this position while the door is open, an arm l'nlcmnml in the housing on which this pin is supported and means provided on the keeper and adapted to oo-ad; with this arm for the purpose of releasing the latch from the locking pin when the door is moved into closing position.

3. In door-kicking Inc-ans, the combination of a latch pivotally mounted on a door, an angle-lover in operative engagl-nn-nt therewith, and having one of its lncmhon; formed to ns-limo: a manipulating handle wherehy the latch may he upended from one side of the door and a snpplenwntary manipulating handle connected to the ulllt'r mcliihur ol' the angle-lever permitting Manipulation of the latch from the other side of the door.

1. ln hair-locking ilN'nlh-i, the combination of a rm-kcr-roll supported in a vertically lix -d position adjacent to the Hlgc of a door and parallel lln'fllo, a plumlily of locking lah-ln-s pivotally mmmlml on said door he t'wu-n the edge thereof and the roll nu-ntionocl. luau-ls rigidly llmmllvll on will rod and when-by all llu-se Ink-Insure opcmtivcly insaidhousmgtoop connected thereto and a handle on this rod whereby all latches may be simultaneously manipulated.

In door-locking means, the combination of a keeper attached adjacent to a door, a hitch adapted to co-act therewith to either seat or unseat the door, it being in engagement with the keeper when holding the door seated, a housing attached to the door in which this latch is pivotully supported, a hwy-controlled lock-screw carried in this housing and a socket provided in the latch and so located, as to be opposite the end of the lock-screw and adapted to receive the same when the latch is In engagement with 15 the keeper.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK SCHMIDGALL. WVitnesses:

C. SPENGEL, T. LE BEAU. 

